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    1.1 ksp to 1.05 differences

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    On 2/3/2016 at 10:41 PM, *Aqua* said:

    So the difference is 0.1.-5? (Reminds me of my math classes - I still shudder when I think about them.)

    1.0.5 + 0.1.-5 = 1.1.0

    What Brofessional meant was that you cant do additions on version numbers. you could have a 0.9 followed by a 0.10, and then a 0.11

    What have you made with Mk 3?

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    I tried building a Shuttle as well, but encountered a few problems with hull integrity :) Sometimes it seems like all you need is a fuel tank gently touching the Mk3 Parts and the whole thing disassembles completely, any way to get around that problem?

    Edit:

    refined the shuttle stack. works alright until reentry, then it sooner or later turns into and completely uncontrollable stone tumbling to earth.

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    Am I understanding this correctly? Mission to capture an asteroid?

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    Maybe I'm terrible at math, but 5.4 * 10^8 kg is ~260k Metric tons, and only 135k "normal" tons. Still immensely heavy, but workable. Also, it stands to reason that the composition of the asteroid would also affect the weight of the object.

    A metric ton is 10^3kg. But you are totally right, they could fake the numbers a bit, having the asteroid be 100m big but have a low weight to push and increased gravity so its not that hard to get inside its SOI.

    Am I understanding this correctly? Mission to capture an asteroid?

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    Nukes dont work terribly well in a vacuum, IIRC. Or at least not how they do in our atmosphere.

    Nuclear fusion doesnt need an atmosphere, they go boom just as much in vacuum. Problem with nukes is, you turn one big problem into thousands of slightly smaller problems that are now radioactive and still fly in mainly the same path as before, and you scatter them like shotgun pellets all over the world.

    Am I understanding this correctly? Mission to capture an asteroid?

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    Giggle, I think your math may be a bit off. One hundred, or hell, even One Hundred Thousand I might agree with, but one million tonnes? I find that a bit hard to believe. Would you mind sharing your source, or showing your calculations used to reach this answer? I am quite intrigued as to how this was calculated. (I am not saying you are wrong, or trying to insult you. I am trying to understand how you came to 1 Million tonnes. This is simply a question of scientific inquiry.) I am at school, so I cant confirm anyhting right now, but when I get home I will try to calculate this as well. (If I remember.)

    Wikipedia says, asteroid 2002 MN with an estimated diameter of 73 meters has a mass of 5.4 * 10^8 kg, which is 540k tons. So at 100 meters diameter its a million tons easy. But then again i think to change its orbit when its far away from Kerbin would be possible without ridiculously big ships. if you deflect it further out than Eeloo, a few m/s of dv will be enough. I have no idea how we can get that mass into low Kerbin orbit though...

    Am I understanding this correctly? Mission to capture an asteroid?

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    Players will first have to launch a spacecraft to fly alongside the asteroid, the equivalent of parallel parking one missile next to another. Then they will have to push the giant rock into a stable orbit around the Kerbal's home planet without creating an extinction-level impact below. Finally, they'll need to safely land on it.

    So i am pretty sure its larger than 1-3 meters. The pushing into orbit is interesting... will it have some sort of docking mechanism so we can attach our rockets against it? Sounds like the Rosetta probe lander of ESA.

    It's a mee!

    in Welcome Aboard

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    Hello everyone!

    After i just had to abort - i mean, ending as planned... oh who am i kidding my rocket crashed into the ocean just next to the KSC. Note to self, fuel ducts should not end on a strut. Anyways, i have been playing for a while now and finally got around to registering here on the forums.

    Looking forward to fun times discussing the game, the universe and everything with all of you,

    Mario

    (disclaimer: not the jumping plumber, no matter how many times you ask about Luigi :D)

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